gossip (
http://definr.com/gossip)
n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
chitchat,
small talk,
gab,
gabfest,
tittle-tattle,
chin-wag,
chin-wagging,
causerie]
2: a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other
people; "the divorce caused much gossip" [syn:
comment,
scuttlebutt]
3: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal
information about others [syn:
gossiper,
rumormonger,
rumourmonger,
newsmonger]
v 1: wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or
intimacies
2: chew the fat; shoot the breeze [syn:
chat,
confabulate,
confab,
chitchat,
chatter,
chaffer,
natter,
jaw,
claver,
visit]